I had not been to a Whataburger for over 30 years. Decided to give it a try while I was on South Padre Island. I ordered the bacon cheeseburger. The burger was OK, nothing special. The fries were very good. They came to us piping hot. For the meal deal you got a soda, which was medium size but very large. My daughter ordered the barbecue chicken sandwich, which was basically fried chicken strips with barbecue sauce on a toasted bread. They had music playing on the speakers extremely loud. It was even hard to carry on a conversation. Most of the tables were empty, but we're very dirty. Needed to be wiped off. All in all it was OK but nothing that I would be in a hurry to come back for. read more

This is great fast food in Texas. So the food quality is the usual goodness. Late night food stop and service was friendly. Started out kinda empty for during the week and quickly picked up about 930pm! Full store! Will say though that store was still with a dirty dining area before crowd and worse after. Most horrible part was staff inability to complete my military son's order- they forgot! We will not be visiting when on the island read more

Tried again. Just as bad. Don't know why I torture myself. This location only. Others are still good.

Glad I tried it to say I did. I've had better... the presentation of the burger, not great. I won't be back here and by the looks of the other reviews I don't think anyone else will either. read more

Whataburger in warm places - 1 of 2 I'm a native of Southern California who doesn't think that In 'N' Out is "all that and a bag of chips." I like it, but I don't love it. I am much more apt to patronize a Whataburger when I'm in an area where they are located. And that's what I did on South Padre Island. I ate at this location three times, if I recall. In 'N' Out does not have chicken sandwiches. Whataburger does. Each time, I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich combination and had it customized by having them add pickles to it. The grilled chicken sandwich is very good, while the fries and the soft drink are boilerplate, meaning reliable and predictable. Whataburger also has breakfast fare, should you want that. So far, it sounds like 3 stars. However, a few other things come into play. The pricing is fair. The location is bright and has an almost convivial atmosphere, with many tourists and locals eating in the restaurant. (There is a drive-through.) Their hours are generous and they are open late into the evening. The service has always been very pleasant. They bring the order to your table and an employee shows up with a small tray from which you can select and ask for condiments. I now can't help but think how we take this for granted when, should you visit a McDonald's in Italy, you have to pay for each packet of ketchup individually - even if you order items such a french fries - which I find reprehensible. And, here, Italy is almost synonymous with tomato sauce. But, then, this is magnanimous Texas, so the condiments, part and parcel of most fast food meals, are provided for the customer, as is the situation in most of North America. Given its geographic location, feel free to use the Spanish you have learned here. However, at the front counter, that won't be necessary. Compared to other geographic places where employees might feel patronized, this gregarious and welcoming area rolls with it quite well and Spanish is widely spoken in the Rio Grande Valley. I was trying to make a point of eating at different indie locales, but then couldn't decide or it got late. That said, if I came back to this Whataburger several times, that must mean I liked what I ate and found it to be a reliable fast food restaurant. read more

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Well done, Mgr.Ramon Torres & SPI WB Crew! Our group of 9 had our meal before we were done filling our drink. Order was correct, food was hot, service was pleasant... even threw in a free extra fry. Restrooms were clean, parking was right off the main drag, staff was functioning like a well-oiled machine. Place was packed at 11:30am on a non-holiday Wednesday, but they moved folks through the line quickly. It was a good experience overall! read more

What a burger needs to step up. Is not the Whataburger I remember! It gets worse every year. I asked for a toasted bun at the Whataburger on Ed Carey Dr Harlingen Texas. The bread did not taste fresh. It was not toasted just barely warmed and not warm when it got to me. The meat was overcooked and hard. The vegetables were scarce. I asked for mainly mayo easy on the mustard. It came dry with no mayo and a little mustard. This was not a good hamburger. The staff were friendly so I gave it 2 stars. ​​ read more

worst whataburger experience ever... waited forever for what jr with fries, finally arrived cold with stale bun, fries not much betger - not crowded or busy. service lackluster, server dropped food & spun before i could ask for ketchup or napkins. had to wait at counter for those. desperation play at best, keep driving... oh - manager on duty sitting in dining room i guess managing by computer, i'm sure it was biz related, but how bout managing? read more

Great day great place. Fast food parking available. Option on drive thru. Food warm and good service. read more

Whataburger - Great day for the island to celebrate mom. - Burgers Near Me - South Padre Island, Texas

The wait for two burgers was 35 minutes and the food was cold and not good Whataburger was a Texas mainstay now it's east coast Burgerking

Ordered 6 BOBs took 30minutes to get to the window there was only 3cars ahead of us. It was unbelievably slow.... Will not be coming here again. read more

This is the slowest whataburger ive ever been to in my life... 40 minutes to get through the drive thru.. terrible service and they got my order wrong. read more

I am currently waiting in the drive thru line and they only have it to one lane... the lady came outside and skipped me and got 3 cars behind me so I had to wait to get to the speaker. The 3 cars go in front of me and are now receiving their food first before me. This is not ok I was not acknowledged whatsoever I've been waiting for 40 minutes and none of the cars have been moving. Terrible service and terrible whataburger. Do not recommend. read more

They got all the orders wrong, 30 minute wait time, and food had a hair in it! When I asked for no pickles, they gave me xtra pickles. As soon as I walked in, the ambiance was horrible. Hairs on every table, floors dirty, and bugs everywhere. Never again! read more

Ordered Cobb salads and it took FOREVER to get them. They didn't offer an explanation but did apologize for the wait. Chicken was hot and salad is fresh. Only one star off for the long wait. read more

Tonight I wanted to stay in my room and watch a movie and decided to order for pickup, something from WHATABURGER. I ordered the cobb Salad, small choc malt and small french fry. It takes me 6 mins door to door. If you could imagine leaving french fries in your car for a couple hours and what would you expect this food experience to be like. YES. stiff, barely warm and if there were such a thing as food with the consistency of card board-this is what these fries were like. The Cobb salad was good but they almost let me drive away without my choc. Malt....icing on the cake was they didn't ask or include any plastic silverware. I expect better from them. read more

Toss up between a 2 and 3. Fries and service sucked (well not for the man worming the drive thru he was nice it just took forever). Cookies are good! But the teens working inside were not nice and honestly shouldn't be worming a customer service job if they don't want to even say hello. Burger was decent. read more

Whataburger - a person eating a chocolate chip sandwich - Burgers Near Me - South Padre Island, Texas

Absolutely horrible, they completely missed two of my orders. They even messed up our two other orders as well and didn't give us what we asked for even though we were charged for it. After we asked nicely for our orders they gave us the smallest chicken strips I've seen in my life they were literally chicken nuggets. They took our recipe and when we asked for it back the lady gave us the ugliest look in the world. Worst customer service I've ever seen not to mention they messed up the next two peoples orders after us. Absolutely ridiculous. Don't recommend drive to another whataburger if you're hungry please. read more

Literally the worst whataburger I've ever been to. I'm used to waiting in the drive through for long times but this place just didn't have their sh** together. Forgot to ring up half our order and the burger was dry which we didn't request. Forgot to put the gravy in the chicken box. Forgot half our drinks. I felt so bad for the girl helping us because she kept having to go back and forth to get us all the stuff they forgot. Just absolutely ridiculous. They were out of sprite and then the next morning we went for breakfast and they were out of sausage. They weren't rude or anything, just completely incompetent. read more

The best fast food is this place it has the best shake in the world it's the dr pepper shake and it tastes like a vanila bean with Dr Pepper also good sauce. The burger is super awesome also the employees are super nice and friendly read more

I loved the avocado and bacon burger it was so delicious your guy's doctor pepper milkshake tasted so delicious. I liked how the servers brought out the sauces on trays. The ambience was nice. read more

I'm a big whataburger fan but they don't have any near where I live so I hopped at the chance to go there when I was at South Padre Island. It was just as good as I expected. I was a bit sad to hear that they were recently bought out and not family owned, but so far the food and service seemed the same quality as I remembered. read more

Whataburger - Small fries - Burgers Near Me - South Padre Island, Texas

Lived in Texas forever and never tried Whataburger til this place and let me tell yall it was insanely good. Perfect for right after you've been swimming at the beach all day read more

Worst customer service ever experienced. Trash can was overfilled and there was so much trash on the floor. It is always quality over efficiency, and their quality was sub-par and dare I say below that. Don't even get me started on the food, by the time we got our food it was very cold, and the fries were just mushy. This isn't just a one time event, during our trip we visited three times and it was the exact same time every visit. TURN AWAY. Please, go somewhere else and I promise it'll be better. read more

I understand that Whataburger is a Texas icon. I have no problem with the food, but in comparison to what I consider the top of the fast food "food pyramid", In and Out Burger, it just doesn't get there. They have a large selection of unique items, but they all pretty much taste the same. Their burgers are large and filling, but they just don't have the umph that a double-double with cheese. Grilled onions, animal style does........ This was not a bad experience today and please understand that this food is much better than a lot of other fast food, but it just doesn't work for me. The store in South Padre Island had good service. We used the drive-thru and they got our order correct and in a timely manner. read more

I asked for some buffalo sauce and got none after waiting in a incredibly long line that didn't have too many people. I needed this for my buffalo sandwich and has completely ruined my meal now that they just gave me 6 ranches and no buffalo sauce will no longer be returning to whataburger again. read more

The worst Whataburger EVER!! Bad employees that don't care and give attitude. They shouldn't even be working around people with rude attitudes. When you're on vacation you don't want that nonsense. Smh. Food took forever and by the time we go back to condo which was like 5 min up the street food was just cold and disgusting. Bad whataburger y'all. Will NOT be returning. read more

Best whataburger yet food is really good the service is amazing didn't mess up on the order and i got my order really fast as soon as I was at the door it was ready that's never happened to me out of my whole life I've been a Texan read more

We waited in drive thru for 30 minutes after ordering, and one of the workers came back outside to ask for our receipt to see our order. This shows how disorganized their system is with their customer service. read more

I got the Swiss mushroom burger and ordered through the App on a super busy night. For it being a busy night, although not speedy, I took out the food in good time-- everything was accurate and absolutely delicious. It was my first time getting Whataburger and I definitely have a good opinion of the place. The burgers are massive and thick, fries were decent read more

Whataburger - a hamburger, fries, and a drink - Burgers Near Me - South Padre Island, Texas

Waited 30 mins for our order only to see 3-4 other cars behind us already gotten their orders. They were completely unaware of our orders they even had to get our receipt. read more

First time here. It was raining hard. Drive thru order. Lines were long. Everything was made to order. The problem was our freakin food was cold! I wasn't going to go back in line or attempt to go inside in pouring rain. Why would you serve your customers food that is warming under a lamp or sitting for awhile?! Would you eat it? Do better with your customer service! read more

Pull up and the trash is everywhere, bags out on the patio... cans over flowing... Not to mention out of things for your order... not a good image for a Texas staple.. read more

Burgers have no flavor. My order is almost always wrong. I almost always have to pull forward and wait for God knows how long for my order done wrong to come out. The shakes are eh. But the onion rings are amazing. Fries are good. Overall...not good. read more

Every time I order from here, the staff is rude. The drive thru worker dropped an f bomb because my order was wrong, and another one didn't give us our change. read more

Waited 40 minutes in the drive through for the simplest order. DO NOT recommend stopping here.

we ordered 4 avocado bacon burgers and shakes. fries were fresh and crispy try the banana shake! I had the Avocado Bacon with Monterrey Jack add jalapeño. staff were very helpful and friendly!!! read more

Just got to South Padre with the family. We walked in the door and girl is asking us what we want before we are even inside. We told her twice what we wanted and she took forever trying to ring up the order. She keep saying sorry. Her name is Kimberly and she was obviously NEW. Our food arrives to the table and 2 of the 3 orders are wrong. I go back to Ms Kimberly and she gives me a f@@@ing attitude along with the male cook. I explained what we ordered and what was wrong and he said just give me the food back and I'll add the burgers. ‍‍ I hear little Kimberly trying to defend herself with an attitude to her manager. The entire time I'm thinking, all I want is to eat lunch since we just flew into town. Never again will I go to this place with a bunch of young punks with entitles attitude working here. read more

They have two lanes. The right lane was closed but there wasn't any notice stating so. Left lane was moving fine. Waited in line 25 minutes before I had to call in to get my order taken. Was told the right lane was only for online orders. Still waited another 15 minutes before they took payment. People behind me also had bad service. Took almost an hour to get a #2. That's BS. Complained to staff but they really could give a shit about you. Thanks whataburger for being concerned about service. read more

WORST WHATABURGER EVER! The manager was talking over the lady taking our order through the speaker. We had to repeat our order at the window, we were the ONLY car there and it was 7:20 in the morning. My food was Luke warm and my coffee was not hot and tasted burnt. I'm from Houston and all the of the other hundreds of Whataburgers we've been to has never been this bad. Also, the lady at the window had the worst attitude. This location needs to get their crap together. read more